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    I don't want holey potatoes this year.

    This year we have had lots of rain here and the soil is still very wet. I've been pulling my new potatoes for 2 weeks now. They are amazing but today I found one of the smaller ones absolutely riddled with slug holes. Judging by the size of the holes it must have been a pretty big slug-now disappeared.

    How on earth do I protect my potatoes from the blighters when they are not visible?

    Any ideas?
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  • #2
    It's the keel slugs that are responsible. I think nematodes are the way to go.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by greenishfing View Post
      Judging by the size of the holes
      lol ... the slugs start off a small hole, then make it bigger by constant feeding
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
        lol ... the slugs start off a small hole, then make it bigger by constant feeding
        My slugs must be fat little blighters now.

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        • #5
          I had that problem last year. I suspect that I left them in the ground a little too long. Mama H sorted them all out into buckets, graded according to hole-y-ness!
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          • #6
            This was one reason I started growing them in bags, also my soil is heavy. Now I get perfectly formed hole free tatties every time. And I only grow first earlies now.

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            • #7
              Mine are full of holes too taste great but a right fiddle to clean up all the holes. Very frustrating

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              • #8
                I have holey Rockets but whole Arran Pilots. Actually, they may have holes but they've been filled in with potato so I can't see them

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